The Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator
(MCSA) on Windows Server™ 2003 credential is
intended for IT professionals who work in the
typically complex computing environment of medium to
large companies. An MCSA candidate should have 6 to
12 months of experience administering client and
network operating systems in environments that have
the following characteristics:
- 250 to 5,000 or more users
- Three or more physical locations
- Three or more domain controllers
- Network services and resources such as
messaging, database, file and print, proxy
server, firewall, Internet, intranet, remote
access, and client computer management
- Connectivity requirements such as connecting
branch offices and individual users in remote
locations to the corporate network and
connecting corporate networks to the Internet
Credit Toward Certification
When you pass the Implementing, Managing, and
Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Network
Infrastructure exam, you achieve
Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) status.
You also earn credit toward the following
certifications:
Preparation Tools and Resources
We make a wealth of preparation tools and
resources available to you, including courses,
books, practice tests, and Microsoft Web sites. When
you are ready to prepare for this exam, here's where
you should start.
Instructor-led Courses for This Exam
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Course 2276: Implementing a Microsoft
Windows Server 2003 Network Infrastructure:
Network Hosts
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Course 2277: Implementing, Managing, and
Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Network Infrastructure: Network Services
Skills Being Measured
This certification exam measures your ability to
implement, manage, and maintain a Microsoft Windows
Server 2003 network infrastructure. Before taking
the exam, you should be proficient in the job skills
listed in the following matrix. The matrix shows
which Official Microsoft Learning Products may help
you reach competency in the skills being tested in
the exam.
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The course
includes material to prepare you for this task. |
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The course includes some
material to prepare you for this task. You will
need to supplement the course with additional
work. |
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The course provides a general
introductory overview of this task. You will
need to supplement the course with additional
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Implementing, Managing, and Maintaining IP
Addressing |
Configure
TCP/IP addressing on a server computer. |
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Manage DHCP.
- Manage DHCP clients and leases.
- Manage DHCP Relay Agent.
- Manage DHCP databases.
- Manage DHCP scope options.
- Manage reservations and reserved clients.
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Troubleshoot
TCP/IP addressing.
- Diagnose and resolve issues related to
Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA).
- Diagnose and resolve issues related to
incorrect TCP/IP configuration.
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Troubleshoot
DHCP.
- Diagnose and resolve issues related to
DHCP authorization.
- Verify DHCP reservation configuration.
- Examine the system event log and DHCP
server audit log files to find related
events.
- Diagnose and resolve issues related to
configuration of DHCP server and scope
options.
- Verify that the DHCP Relay Agent is
working correctly.
- Verify database integrity.
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Implementing, Managing, and Maintaining Name
Resolution |
Install and
configure the DNS Server service.
- Configure DNS server options.
- Configure DNS zone options.
- Configure DNS forwarding.
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Manage DNS.
- Manage DNS zone settings.
- Manage DNS record settings.
- Manage DNS server options.
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Monitor DNS.
Tools might include System Monitor, Event
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Implementing, Managing, and Maintaining Network
Security |
Implement
secure network administration procedures.
- Implement security baseline settings and
audit security settings by using security
templates.
- Implement the principle of least
privilege.
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Monitor network
protocol security. Tools might include the IP
Security Monitor Microsoft Management Console
(MMC) snap-in and Kerberos support tools. |
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Troubleshoot
network protocol security. Tools might include
the IP Security Monitor MMC snap-in, Event
Viewer, and Network Monitor. |
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Implementing, Managing, and Maintaining Routing
and Remote Access |
Configure
Routing and Remote Access user authentication.
- Configure remote access authentication
protocols.
- Configure Internet Authentication Service
(IAS) to provide authentication for Routing
and Remote Access clients.
- Configure Routing and Remote Access
policies to permit or deny access.
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Manage remote
access.
- Manage packet filters.
- Manage Routing and Remote Access routing
interfaces.
- Manage devices and ports.
- Manage routing protocols.
- Manage Routing and Remote Access clients.
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Manage TCP/IP
routing.
- Manage routing protocols.
- Manage routing tables.
- Manage routing ports.
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Implement
secure access between private networks. |
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Troubleshoot
user access to remote access services.
- Diagnose and resolve issues related to
remote access VPNs.
- Diagnose and resolve issues related to
establishing a remote access connection.
- Diagnose and resolve user access to
resources beyond the remote access server.
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Troubleshoot
Routing and Remote Access routing.
- Troubleshoot demand-dial routing.
- Troubleshoot router-to-router VPNs.
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Maintaining a Network Infrastructure |
Monitor network
traffic. Tools might include Network Monitor and
System Monitor. |
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Troubleshoot
connectivity to the Internet. |
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Troubleshoot
server services.
- Diagnose and resolve issues related to
service dependency.
- Use service recovery options to diagnose
and resolve service-related issues.
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